Tell Me No Lies

Name: Tell Me No Lies
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Adele Griffin
ISBN: 9781501990243

Author: Adele Griffin

Narrator: Suzy Jackson

Unabridged: 9 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/12/2018

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, United States, Social Themes

Synopsis

Can the course of friendship or love ever run true when everyone has something to hide? Lizzy Swift is a senior in high school, emerging from her nerd chrysalis to become a social butterfly. She's dating Matt Ashley, the boy who's been out of her reach since freshman year. Her bold, reckless new friend Claire Reynolds introduces her to Center City Philadelphia-clubs, street life, and the eye-opening art scene. And her Ivy League ambitions take a backseat to nights of partying, dancing, and dating. But almost as quickly, the heady delight of Lizzy's new life is clouded by doubts and deceptions. While she has a special connection with Matt, it's not the perfect romance she dreamed of. Claire carries around a mysterious sadness and talks about a breakup so bad she changed schools-but she won't tell Lizzy the whole story. Lizzy wants Claire to confide in her, even as she keeps her own embarrassing secrets from her new best friend. Will the truth come to light before it's too late for Lizzy, Claire, and Matt to save their love and friendships?

About Adele Griffin

Adele Griffin is
a two-time National Book Award finalist and the highly acclaimed author of
numerous books for young adult and middle-grade readers. Her works include Sons
of Liberty and Where I Want to Be, as well as the popular Witch Twins and Vampire Island series. She lives
with her husband, their two children, and their dog in Brooklyn.

Reviews

Goodreads review by PinkAmy loves books, cats and naps

2.5 STARS Set in the 1980s Philadelphia, TELL ME NO LIES explores high school senior Lizzie’s coming of age through her friendships, love interest and career aspirations. Adele Griffin’s writing and character development are always spot on, though not enough happened in TELL ME NO LIES to hold my in......more

Goodreads review by Rendz

Look, I tried with this book, but if I am completely honest I saw it going downhill from the beginning. What I Liked: The main character, Lizzy, was basically me in high school. And I related quite hard. We were both the “nerdy” type, but not the trademark nerd. We had a very small social group and in......more

Goodreads review by Michelle

2.5 stars - If an author published a YA story in 2018, I'd imagine they'd want they're readers to connect to their book, right? So why did Griffin decide to write a book set in 1988/89 AND NOT TELL US UNTIL HALF WAY THROUGH? Tbh, I spent the majority of this book wondering why these high school seni......more

Goodreads review by Bevin

This was a toss-up between a middle 3 and a low 4 stars until the end, which was as beautiful and well-written as the rest of the book had been promising it wanted to be. Parts of this story were just SO fantastically written, and parts of it were trying too hard to be examples of cool, funky writin......more